Beroea

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Bĕroea (Berrh-) (trisyl.), ae, f., = Βέροια Βέρροια),

I a town in Macedonia , later called Irenopolis , north of the river Aliacmon , now Verria , Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 33; Liv. 44, 45, 2 and 5; 45, 29, 9; Cic. Pis. 36, 89.

II —Hence, Bĕroeaeus , i, m., a Beroean , Liv. 23, 39, 3 (al. Boeotius); 42, 58, 7; and Beroeenses , ium, m., the Beroeans , Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 82.

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